She added: 'There was definitely something going on between my daughter and him, unfortunately.'

But Condit said police 'made a big leap that, because we were friends, because she came by the condo, that I must have something to do with [her murder].'

He said that he gave Levy a bracelet, but insisted he routinely have gifts to constituents, including cufflinks, lapel pins, hats and jewelry.

Condit, who made his appearance on Dr Phil with Breton Peace, the co-author of his book, said he retained a lawyer in 2001 because he felt the police were trying to set him up.

'It began to have a nefarious feel to it,' he said.

And on the show, Dr Phil said Condit suffered 'one of the most egregious character assassinations I've ever seen.'

Dr. Phil said on the show that Condit suffered 'one of the most egregious character assassinations I've ever seen'

Condit leaves District of Columbia Superior Court in Washington after testifying in the trial of Ingmar Guandique in 2010. Guandique was convicted of Levy's murder in 2010, but the conviction was recently tossed out and prosecutors said they wouldn't retry him

But Condit added: 'I'm not the victim in this. The real victim is Chandra and her family and there's no justice for what happened to her.'

Another man, Ingmar Guandique, was convicted in Levy's death in 2010.

But he won a new trial on appeal, and prosecutors announced they wouldn't retry him.

Condit's attorney says prosecutors have said the former Democratic congressman from California is neither a subject nor a target of the Levy investigation.

Levy's 2001 disappearance became a national obsession when her relationship to Condit, a California Democrat, was exposed.

His book contains no explicit admission of a sexual relationship between the two.

In it, Condit details his final interactions with Levy – and claims that the 24-year-old came onto him at his condo during their last meeting.

Condit told his side of the story in a new book Actual Malice: A True Crime Political Thriller, which was released this week

He also revealed Levy shared explosive information with him about Oklahoma City federal building bomber Timothy McVeigh during his trial.

Levy told him about McVeigh when the two met for dinner at Tryst, a Washington coffee shop, Condit writes.